| Description |
xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Failure of Reconstruction and the Triumph of White Supremacy -- 2. Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching -- 3. Booker T. Washington and the Strategy of Accommodation -- 4. The Rise of the NAACP -- 5. The Great War and Racial Equality -- 6. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA -- 7. The Radical Thirties -- 8. Blacks in the Segregated South, 1919-42 -- 9. The NAACP's Challenge to White Supremacy, 1935-45 -- 10. Two Steps Forward and One Step Back, 1946-55 -- 11. The Nonviolent Rebellion, 1955-60 -- 12. The Civil Rights Movement, 1960-63 -- 13. Birmingham, the Freedom Summer, and Selma -- 14. The Rise and Fall of Black Power -- 15. The Continuing Struggle |
| Summary |
"Historian Adam Fairclough's Better Day Coming chronicles the struggle of black Americans to achieve civil rights and equality in a society that, after the collapse of Reconstruction, sanctioned racial segregation, racial discrimination, and white political supremacy."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published: United States : Viking Penguin, 2001 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-369) and index |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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Southern States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111476
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| LC no. |
00051342 |
| ISBN |
0670875929 |
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0142001295 paperback |
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